Thundercat Announces Headline Tour

“What makes his music so special... is the alchemy between his eternally funky (and virtuosic) bass playing and his clear falsetto harmonies. Nothing about Thundercat says ‘pop,’ but his music is as eminently listenable as whichever Taylor Swift single is sitting atop the charts.” – Billboard

Thundercat will head out on the road for an extensive headline tour this fall. The virtuosic bassist and singer-songwriter hits the road in support of his just-released new mini-album The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (Brainfeeder), which was recently named ‘Best New Music’ by Pitchfork. In addition to headline shows, Thundercat is also set to perform at the Low End Theory Festival in Los Angeles, the Afropunk Festivals in NYC and Atlanta, and more. See full tour routing below.

The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam is the first new solo material in two years from Stephen Bruner—the man behind the Thundercat handle. The 6-track mini-album takes listeners on six spiraling excursions to the outer limits of jazz-funk. The follow-up to his sonicallyadventurous and widely praised second album Apocalypse sees Thundercat team back up with longtime sparring partner Flying Lotus, who co-produced three of the albums tracks. The legendary Herbie Hancock also pops up on keyboards on “Lone Wolf & Cub,” and there are contributions from fellow Brainfeeder family members Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Mono/Poly on sax, strings and production respectively.

“the searing funk track fromLos Angeles bassist Thundercat, features a crawling rhythm and a freaky bass line both dirty and distorted... the song is drenched with black-power energy and dense with soul-funk spirit.” – Los Angeles Times on “Them Changes”

“the bumping, buoyant new track... boasts a melange of sticky, gurgling synths over which the occasional plunking piano, sailing sax and Thundercat's own soft vocals soar. ‘I'm sitting here with a black hole in my chest / A heartless broken mess,’ he croons, finding the joyous funk even in abject misery.” – RollingStone.com on “Them Changes”“The sultry ‘Them Changes’... has swagger and heartbreak in about equal measure... As the bass struts sumptuously and the backing vocals ohhh and ahhh, the heartbroken Thundercat unleashes a gorgeous falsetto that makes Justin Timberlake soundweak.” – Vulture

“It's a beautiful, smooth track about lost love drenched in the sounds of classic funk that finds Thundercat tearing it up on bass and crooning incredibly real lyrics like ‘nobody move there's blood on the floor, and I can't find my heart.’” – Noisey on “Them Changes”